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Probing cosmic anisotropy with galaxy clusters and supernovae

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-04-07 v1

Abstract

Using Λ\LambdaCDM and Pad\'e-(2,1) cosmography, we study directional variations in the Hubble constant, H0H_0, using galaxy cluster and Type Ia Supernovae (from Pantheon Plus) by the hemisphere decomposition method. Since there is a degeneracy between H0H_0 and absolute magnitude MBM_B for Supernovae, Cepheid host calibration is usually required to constrain H0H_0. Hence, in this work in order to complement the Cepheid host calibration in Supernovae, we also use calibrations based on galaxy cluster scaling relations. We find that there is a 1σ\lesssim 1\sigma difference in H0H_0 variations when using galaxy clusters as calibrators compared to Cepheids highlighting that the variations in H0H_0 are robust across different calibration methods. Across all combinations of models and data sets used, we obtain a consistent deviation 2σ\sim 2\sigma from isotropy. In nearly all cases, we notice that the maximum ΔH0\Delta H_0 aligns with the CMB dipole direction.

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@article{arxiv.2604.04408,
  title  = {Probing cosmic anisotropy with galaxy clusters and supernovae},
  author = {Shubham Barua and Sujit K. Dalui and Shantanu Desai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.04408},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, 9 figures